THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.”

— Yakov Smirnoff

BIRTHDAYS:

70 BC Virgil, an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.

1608 Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (inventor of barometer), born in Rome, Papal States.

1775 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish-Finnish composer. Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 5

1844 Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher.

1881 P. G. Wodehouse, English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.

1920 Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter.

MISCELLANEOUS:

I LOVE VIDEOS LIKE THIS. Watch the moment a brilliant green fireball meteor turns night to day over Tennessee (video)

IN THE FUTURE BEFORE LOCKING THINGS DOWN (INCLUDING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE) THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT ALSO WANT TO READ THE FOLLOWING:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration